Making Sense Of The Sudden Market PlungeThe global deflationary wave we have been tracking since last fall is picking up steam. This is the natural and unavoidable aftereffect of a global liquidity bubble brought to you courtesy of the world's main central banks. What goes up must come down -- and that's especially true for the world's many poorly-constructed financial bubbles, built out of nothing more than gauzy narratives and inflated with hopium.

The Case for PragmatismSince American neocons emerged in the 1980s, they have pushed an aggressive "regime change" strategy that has left bloody chaos in their wake. The cumulative impact, including Mideast refugees flooding Europe and overuse of sanctions, is now contributing to a global economic crisis.

Riyadh leads in MERS infectionsThe Ministry of Health (MoH) on Monday announced that 47 of the 49 cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus last week were from Riyadh while Najran and Abha reported one each.

## Propaganda ##Propaganda and the Iran-Nuke DealFor years, the anti-Iranian propaganda in the U.S. media has been unrelenting, at times aided by the idiocy of certain Iranian officials. That one-sided presentation and the ignorance that it has engendered are now adding to the public confusion about the Iran nuclear deal.

Despite Deal, US Officials Still Talk Up Attacking IranThrough years of diplomatic efforts, US officials have threatened to attack Iran on a regular basis. Exactly how often they should threaten Iran has often been a matter of contention, but there appeared to be bipartisan agreement that threatening Iran made some sort of sense.

South Africa's state giants hobble economyThe state-run corporations that have shaped South Africa's economy and been part of its every day life for nearly a century are mostly in a state of collapse, threatening to crush already weak growth.